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    How a Newspaper Revolution Led to the ‘Wide Awakes’—and the Civil War

    How a Newspaper Revolution Led to the ‘Wide Awakes’—and the Civil War

    Adding militaristic uniforms, torch-lit midnight rallies, and an open eye as their all-seeing symbol, a new movement was born, which I chronicle in my recent book, Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War.